Last Saturday, the Comic Shop headed out to Homebush to catch the Bulldogs go against the Rabbitohs in round 13 of the NRL. Caught in the sour cream rugby dollop, it was a rather muted affair. The Rabbitohs went hard against the homeside to close the night on a draw. Even holding off the loss at golden point extra time.

What was astonishing, however, remains the sideline walkers that particular night.

The Bulldog's mascot was in fine form, stocky and looking as tough as his jowls would fall. The Rabbitohs had their little experiment freak of a Rabbit walking about for a few minutes before running off.

But against this, and even nature, was a flaccid mascot example known as the Subway Man. Walking limp, with blue bandaids out from the breadrolls and half-undressed, it was the most annoying sight for the entire night. Soggy bread with lacklustre care in the roll. It was certainly anything but the well made version found elsewhere.

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Registrations have been open for a little over a week, but there's still so many more before the weekend of rest thanks to the imperialistic monarchy lording over our heads.

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Heracles for the Greeks. Hercules for the Romans. Trying to sift through the information from a variety of sources is nothing close to fun. Challenging yes. But a run in the sun it could not be further from. Most of the modern world have taken the giant of mythology to be known as Hercules. Doesn't matter, they use Heracles interchangeably in any event, just to pull down some sort of cross-referencing nightmare scheme.

The Greek's call Jupiter their God of Gods while Zeus is for the Romans. Most of the time it's consistent with the Roman names running through from start to end labour. Finding out the name of the mother of Heracles/Hercules is a treacherous walk along an unfamiliarity with the mangling of the stories. Definitive recollections are extremely hard to find on short notice. The one from Marvel Comics helps none.

Nosebleeds were made for this.

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The ballot for the Squiddy Awards of 2004 are out there. Winners of 2003 include Brian Bendis for Best Writer, DC for Best Company and the Hulk hands toy for Best Merchandise.

For those looking at voting for science fiction shows and such, the Spaceys 05 Viewer's Choice awards are up and open for casting those fish in the pond with no fish.

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For those around Sydney CBD, Manly, Bondi and the Inner West, the newest LAST issue is out. Check on page 18 and you'll sort yourself out for the pick of the crop harvested across the spectrum of 2004. Ten comics all up, but if you're really counting, just over half are still around.

She-Hulk, Mitchell Hundred, Bone and Cerebus make the list. There's also Plastic Man and Conan. A tough call to make, their values judging themselves. Blew the brains out trying to make this one, the task far harder than first considered. Wow, the work involved. It pains.

Sydney based writer, Jason Rand is there for the Australian connection -- there's that Small Gods comic from Image Comics he's got under his pen.

Rest of the magazine is into that Valentine skin. Check it out. It's free, though you might not believe that entirely. You have six days left.

(This week's picks for February 10 are already holding space on the standing order. Doc Frankenstein and Captain America and the Falcon aren't that similar. But they sure do pack in some fun and intriguing schematics.)

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